Action · October 21, 2008

Bully: Scholarship Edition (2008)

local_offer-65% current discountgroup1M–10M ownerstrending_up221 peak concurrentrecommend34.4k recommendations

Bully: Scholarship Edition takes place at the fictional New England boarding school, Bullworth Academy, and tells the story of mischievous 15-year-old Jimmy Hopkins as he goes through the hilarity and awkwardness of adolescence. Beat the jocks at dodge ball, play pranks on the preppies, save the nerds, kiss the girl and ultimately navigate the social hierarchy in the worst school around. Includes the complete soundtrack, featuring 26 original tracks. After purchase and download you can locate the soundtrack in your Steam folder here: [Steamsteamappscommonbully scholarship editionBully Original Soundtrack]. The Steam folder is typically found under C:Program FilesSteam

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Position in Action

Metric	This title	Genre position
Review volume	36.3k Steam reviews	Top 16% in Action
Positive rating	85% positive	Genre average: 83% — this title sits in top 55%
Metacritic	72/100	Genre average 77 — top 77% of Action titles
Concurrent peak	221 players	Top 23% in Action by live player count
Engagement hours	8 h average	Top 53% for session depth among Action

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Community Tag Signals

Tag weights reflect how many Steam users voted each descriptor — larger pills = stronger consensus.

Open World · 576
Action · 442
Adventure · 410
Third Person · 343
Singleplayer · 317
Comedy · 316
Great Soundtrack · 266
Funny · 244
Classic · 243
Dark Humor · 198
Story Rich · 191
Sandbox · 183
Satire · 177
Atmospheric · 141
Exploration · 140

Reception Metrics

Steam community

85%Very Positive · 36.3k reviews

30.9k positive · 5.5k negative

Metacritic

72/100 critic aggregate

Open Metacritic page

Metacritic user score

8.2/10

Curator recommendations

34.4k

Peak concurrent players

221

Localization Coverage

Interface / Subtitles (5)

Italian
German
Spanish - Spain
English volume_up
French volume_up

Full audio (2)

English
French

Engagement Profile

All-time avg

short (5–15 hours)

Median

Typical completion time

2-week avg

Current engagement

Release & Availability

Release date	Oct 21, 2008
Developer	Rockstar New England
Publisher	Rockstar Games
Base price	$5.24 -65%
Platforms	Windows
Estimated owners	1M–10M
External links	Official site · Metacritic page · Support

Features & Capabilities

Input & Comfort

Partial Controller Support

Other

Single-player
Family Sharing

Editions & Packages

Buy Bully: Scholarship Edition
Buy Bully: Scholarship Edition